What do I rename the T2 bzimage file to for reliable mac OS capture and restores?
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Greetings,
With some instructions given from another member of the forum, I was able to create a FOG boot USB for mac OS. However, I ran into problem when deploying captured images. After deploying a captured imaged onto the same mac, I would get an error :Administrator account not found.
Further help revealed this shouldn’t be an issue if the T2 kernel is in place. I have a T2 kernel on the boot USB stick an I would like to know if this is the latest one, what I should rename it to? Should I place it on the FOG server and then specify the host to use that bzimage for the mac host?
Here is where it is currently placed on the USB stick. How and where should it be placed / named on the USB boot device and or FOG server?
Thank you
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@Fog_Newb It’s probably a good idea you find those other topics mentioned and post the links here so everyone can look up the context.
The 5.15.19 kernel is definitely not the very latest. But if this is working for you it’s not something I would worry about too much at the moment.
All the kernel binaries on a FOG server reside in
/var/www/html/fog/service/ipxe/. Copy the T2 kernel binary to that directory and leave it named as is. Then edit the host settings of this Mac you want to PXE boot in the FOG web UI and set this exact filename (case needs to be correct!) as Host Kernel.While writing this I wonder if you will be able to PXE boot that T2 Mac at all. Wasn’t that an issue and the reason for creating a boot USB stick in the first place??
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@Sebastian-Roth FWIW, I read (somewhere) the Mac T2 compatibility was going mainstream in the 6.x series of linux kernels, so this one-off patched version shouldn’t be necessary once we have the linux kernel 6.x version in FOS Linux. It looks like 6.1.x is in long term support now.
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@george1421 said in What do I rename the T2 bzimage file to for reliable mac OS capture and restores?:
FWIW, I read (somewhere) the Mac T2 compatibility was going mainstream in the 6.x series of linux kernels, so this one-off patched version shouldn’t be necessary once we have the linux kernel 6.x version in FOS Linux.
Nice!!! We were going to bring out a first 6.x kernel soon anyway. Will post here when it’s done.
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@Fog_Newb Here you go: https://github.com/FOGProject/fos/releases/tag/20230331
Be aware those kernels are untested so far. I dod not have the time to even do the simplest bootup test.
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Thanks, I will replace the ones on the FOG server and the USB stick, with them.
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@Sebastian-Roth said in What do I rename the T2 bzimage file to for reliable mac OS capture and restores?:
links here so everyone can look up the context.
Thanks
Yes, I needed the USB stick to PXE boot the T2 mac. It worked great and could capture and deploy no problem but…https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/16570/ugh-t2-chip-nightmare-anyone-using-fog-with-t2-macs/
Here are some previous threads where it all started.
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/16468/can-t-get-to-fog-booting-from-usb-boot-uefi-client
The MAC address thing is so weird and I’m kind of afraid to test anything in fear of No Administrator Account found
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Oooh cool!
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@Fog_Newb said in What do I rename the T2 bzimage file to for reliable mac OS capture and restores?:
It worked great and could capture and deploy no problem but…
Are you sure this is because of the new 6.x FOS kernel???
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@Sebastian-Roth No, I wasn’t using the 6x kernel. This was using the T2 kernel that was going around a while back.
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I can’t wait!
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@Fog_Newb Can we mark this solved then?
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@Sebastian-Roth Yes. Thanks
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